"Streets of Baltimore" is a heavily covered country song written by Tompall Glaser and Harlan Howard in 1966.
Gram Parsons' version of the song has been featured on the HBO series The Wire, which is set in Baltimore.
[2] Pitchfork said, "Gram Parsons may have made it famous, but "Streets of Baltimore" belongs to Bobby Bare.
From his album of the same name, it is a relic of Bare's first stint on the RCA Victor label, widely regarded to be his breakout period in country music.
Bare's tender croon lends the song believable longing and regret, while the otherwise simple arrangement ups the drama with countrypolitan 'oohs' and 'ahhs'.